Public Law

Our team of public law solicitors has over twenty-five years of experience acting in 'sensitive, high profile and politically inflected' matters. We act for individuals (including senior professionals and public figures), companies and business groups, charities and pressure groups as well as government and public bodies themselves.

Whether you are contemplating or defending a judicial review challenge, appearing before a public inquiry, major inquest or select committee, or concerned about protecting personal information, we understand that you have wider interests at stake, be they organisational, financial, commercial, reputational or business and human rights.

Public law solicitors

We are a leading public law team in the UK, consistently top-ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers UK. We are recognised for our "exceptional capabilities" and "enormous strengths'' acting on behalf of public and private sector clients.

As one of the only dedicated public law teams in the country, we rapidly get to the heart of the issue, providing realistic legal advice so that you can confidently navigate the bigger picture, as well as the litigation or inquiry at hand.

Our team is led by the ‘simply exceptional’  Adam Chapman who before joining Kingsley Napley was a senior public law litigator in the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, acting for central government departments and senior public figures, alongside other public bodies in the most sensitive and high profile judicial review cases, inquiries and related litigation.

What clients and directories say

One of their main strengths is the personal touch - you get the sense the lawyers really care about the work they undertake and you as a client"

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2019

A real diversity of work. They benefit from experience acting for individuals, companies and public bodies, which gives them a depth and gravitas that sets them apart. Also, they are very friendly and down to earth individuals."

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2017

All the people I have come across there are very high quality and know what they are doing."

A client

Client service has been good, always with a quick turnaround to requests for advice. They are responsive and have a good understanding of client needs."

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession,  2017

They were very approachable, friendly and responsive, and they provide good value for money." 

A client

They have exceptional capabilities, their strengths are enormous and we have been extremely pleased with the work the public law team has done."

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession, 2016

What I like about them is that they are quite a small firm but have extremely good management of big cases. All of their clients get a great deal of attention." 

A client

The ‘fantastic’ team at Kingsley Napley LLP ‘is dedicated and undertakes some of the most highprofile public cases"

Legal 500 UK, 2015

Practice head Adam Chapman’s ‘experience working in government makes him the ideal lawyer for both commercial and claimant judicial review"

Legal 500 UK, 2015

Adam Chapman "is a very wise, astute public law lawyer," according to sources, who add: "He was a Treasury solicitor for a long time, which gives him a very well-rounded judgement."

Chambers UK, A Clients Guide to the UK Legal Profession

Stephen Parkinson is an "extremely astute and enormously experienced" former government lawyer who is considered to be one of the leading public law solicitors in the country."

Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession